[quote author=Switch link=1210020386/15#17 date=1210028590]When you look at the clock when it displays a diode or DPSS achievable wavelength and makes you happy.

When your keyboard looks like this.

does it work on laptop screens too?
I think we should start a thread called &quot;what's the most expensive thing you've ever burnt with a laser.&quot;
Then I'll chat up the rolex watch guy and see if he'll let me burn a few bits of his car. :P

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I did it once on a camera tft display. It creates a big blob of black like you see when air creeps in between the glass planes, except it originates in the middle and there is no crack. The next day the blob contracted to a single point and was surrounded by 1/16&quot; (2mm) radius of superluminescent pixels (they shine way too bright for some reason). I would like to make a picture of it but I only have one camera.

You know when you're addicted to lasers when..

You set your alarm clock to 6:28.

You use a laser as room illumination every day when going to bed.

Your cat doesn't play with lasers anymore.

You consider moving to a new home because you don't have a large view.

When you can recollimate a lens to &lt;1mRad in less than 5 seconds without extra tools.

You have to be cruel to be kind. I want someone who loves me for who I am as a person and someone who is a best friend too. Money and material things mean nothing to me, and also to most decent girls. Love, friendship, honesty, chocolate, and lasers are what count. *:-*

I concur. *Freedom isn’t free at all! *Money and material things are trivial, except for of coarse lasers. *I am a chocolic *myself (probably gona give myself diabetes). *I try to remain focused on love, honor, respect and loyalty, all the while remaining selfish by taking care of #1 too!

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Originally Posted by Zom-B

You know when you're addicted to lasers when..

You set your alarm clock to 6:28.

You use a laser as room illumination every day when going to bed.

Your cat doesn't play with lasers anymore.

You consider moving to a new home because you don't have a large view.

When you can recollimate a lens to &lt;1mRad in less than 5 seconds without extra tools.

I use my lasers to illuminate all the time!
My cat used to be obsessed with my lasers, now she doesn’t even acknowledge them.

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Originally Posted by john_lawson

you can't wait to get that stimulas check so you can buy more stuff from &quot;JACK&quot;

edit : but i had better not my wife says she will file for divorce : &gt;

Awe common! *Don’t you both get your own $600? And the whole purpose is to splurge it all on the market! *Tell your wife that you are doing a service for your country by buying lasers/laser equipment!

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You know you’re addicted to lasers when your best friend learns a new word and texts your phone: “You are a laser aficionado”.

I'm at $2335 including the last 10 years. $1100 for a 7.5mw greenie 9 years ago. $85 times 3 for red lasers 9 years ago. $780 for the RPL-225 2 weeks ago and $200 for an up and coming
You know your a laser addict when your neighbor and wife talk about how a wise man would have spent his money on a new roof or flooring.
A guy I work with who has a beautiful guitar collection said life is too short to not buy the few things you can afford.

When you go to a rock concert and you're just as psyched about seeing the lasers as you are seeing the band or performer!

When you look at your power bill and you see the word &quot;kilowatt&quot; and you think of something that has absolutely nothing to do with power consumption! Output power.....not input power!!!!

You are walking down a road at twilight and you look at various reflective road signs and you wish you had a laser with you and you wonder what it would look like and how bright it would be if you hit one of those signs.....or maybe you have a laser and you find out!

29. You've snuck on the Internet to view laser-related forums, even though you're supposed to be doing homework. [guilty]

30. You become depressed whenever a laser-related forum suffers a downtime. [guilty]

31. You get an A+ in any class related to optics and photonics, but fail everything else.

32. When fans of Disney parks are talking about how Princess Aurora (from Sleeping Beauty) rarely appears in blue, you think they're talking about a laser. After all, blue is a rare color for lasers, and &quot;Aurora&quot; would make a good name for a future laser product, IMO. (Funny thing, Dragon Lasers now has a line of blue lasers called the Aurora series.)

33. When people mention the name Aurora, you think they're talking about Dragon Lasers' blue lasers.

34. You memorize every single line from Real Genius.

35. When you notice that the bathroom is full of steam from the shower you took, you run to your room to grab a laser, even though you're all wet, have no clothes on, and that it's really cold. [guilty]

36. You read optics-related catalogs while on the toilet.

37. In class, you pay more attention to the professor's laser pointer than the actual lecture. [guilty]

38. When someone says &quot;Nexus,&quot; you think they're talking about either the 95mw laser or &quot;Steve&quot; from Wicked Lasers, whereas it could also have many different meanings.

39. You try to play limbo with a lab laser, even though it's incredibly dangerous.